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JUSTU'S E. ZENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 70,932, dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DICE-BOXES,

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Be it known that I, JUSTUS E. ZENDER, of theeity, county, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Hand Dice-BoX; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those lskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. i l

The present invention'consists,diirst, in making a hand dice-box of metal, of any suitable nature or kind, as, for instance, of silver,copper, brass, dto., whereby strength and stiffness are imparted thereto, without any increase in bulk or Weight over the ordinary paste or card-board and leather boxes of a similar class, and a much more durable and desirable article produced; secon-d, in lining or covering the interior or inside of a dicebox, whether made of' metal, as 'above stated, or in the ordinary or in any 'othermannen with a layer'or layers of felt cloth, Whether cotton orv wool, or wool .andj cotton combined, or any other fabric which will cause the sound ofthe dice, as they are rattled or shaken inf the bor, to be so deadenedor so softenedas to produce or occasion but little if' any noise, lthu-s overcoming the heretofore disagreeable rattle to the-dice in the box-a. i

feature of much importaneeand advantage. l I l In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved hand dice-box is illustrated, theiigure being a central lining .or coating of cloth, felt, or other' similar material, to and upon the inside of the box A, where it may be secured by cement, glue, or any other suitable adhesive vrmaterial, or in any other proper manner; the object of this lining D, as well as that for malringthev box of metal, having been hereinabove stated, and therefore needing no further mention. v i v What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. As amen' article of manufacture, a'hand dice-box made-ofmetal, substantially as and for the purpose described. r y Y 2. I also claim a hand dice-box lined with cloth, or any equivalent material therefor, whether such dice-box be made of metal or any other suitable material, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signedby me this 28d day of April, 1867.

f JUSTUS EZENDER. Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAaA, ALBERT W. BROWN.

A, in the drawings, represents my improved dice-box, xvhieh I make of metal, either silver, brass, copper, or any other suitable kind, and in any desired shape or style adapted to the purpose of shaking dice. B, a 

